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Legend By Philip Guston
I choose Legend by Philip Guston for my visual description; Legend is one of the important paintings by Philip Guston, a Canadian born American in 1977. Painting medium is Oil on Canvas and movement is abstract expressionism. Its dimensions are 69 inches tall and 78.5 inches wide and its accession number is 88.35. Painting is currently located at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Philip was one of the legends of Abstract Expressionism, in late sixties Philip changed his style which made him famous but later on he painted the abstract art. In 1940’s he painted battling figures to reflect the effect of World War II, and late in life, Philip return to these images and Legend is intimate meditations on mortality and memory. It is a piece
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